School gardens are becoming more and more popular around the country, but they're harder to establish in some places than in others&mdash;in the middle of a city, for example, where the soil is deficient and needs work before it can support growth of

School gardens are becoming more and more popular around the country, but they're harder to establish in some places than in others&mdash;in the middle of a city, for example, where the soil is deficient and needs work before it can support growth of plan

Cicada ice cream made a big buzz on the web this week. While misinformation flooded the net blaming the health department for shutting down Sparky's newest flavor, TreeHugger's Bonnie gave you the straight dope: the Columbia,

Sarah Rich is a former senior editor at Dwell magazine, the creator of Longshot Magazine, and the co-author of the WorldChanging book. Sarah's journalistic obsession pivots around design, urban agriculture, technology, and new media. She tells